A Tennessee woman is facing a $25,000 lawsuit for a negative posting on Yelp about a medical doctor.
Kelly Beavers, a Wilson County resident, is accused is accused of defamation and libel, and false light for a review she made about Dr. Kaveer Nandigam of Nandigam Neurology in Murfreesboro.
“...Kelly Beavers is accused of defamation and libel, and false light for a post she made about Dr. Kaveer Nandigam of Nandigam Neurology in Murfreesboro...”https://t.co/ooHAAv7ITp
— Leah Houston MD (@LeahHoustonMD) December 6, 2019
Beavers’ review read: “This ‘Dr’s’ behavior today was totally unprofessional and unethical to put it mildly. I will be reporting him to the State of TN Medical Review Board and be filing a formal complaint. How this guy is in business is beyond me. Since when did they start allowing Doctors, to throw a complete temper tantrum in front of Patients and slam things when they get upset? He does not belong in the medical field at all.”
Beavers, along with her friend’s son, said they felt compelled to post the review after what she described as disrespectful behavior during an appointment in November, in which she was accompanying her 67-year-old father. The father had been referred to the clinic after he reported dizziness and memory loss.
The lawsuit claims the review “contained false, disparaging, and misleading statements.” The lawsuit suggested that the second defendant “was specifically recruited” by Beavers to post false and misleading statements. The plaintiff is also demanding Beavers to remove the post and for the court to issue an injunction to prohibit any further statements against Nandigam Neurology.
“Just in shock, I can’t believe it,” Beavers told NewsChannel 5. “They just don’t want any negative reviews and they don’t want people to talk about or give a bad review.”
$25k lawsuit over Yelp review. https://t.co/NDct7iJR1B
— NewsChannel 5 (@NC5) December 4, 2019
